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Excellent Tommy. You absolutely nailed it. cheers

Completed the steering wheel assembly & did the clutch pedal & added the inspection plate to it. Just some of the tedious stuff I've been messing with. The steering wheel is from Futurattraction. I wanted to do it with wood grips but after 5 hours of messing with it, threw in the towel. I did drill out the grips that come with the kit for a bit more of cool factor & added micro rivets to hold them in place. The instrument pod has the oil pressure gauge, kill switch and thanks to John Teresi, I spent 45 minutes adding a retention strap on the back of the oil gauge. The kill switch will be wired upon final assembly. Cheers fellas! The steering column is not permanently affixed yet for ease of mock-up and to make final assembly easier as an fyi. The trans is a lenco but it's a CS3, I've got to get a CS 1 for it to be accurate. Too many minutes making that silly upper support bracket that you can just make out in this pic.

Fantastic Dave. I checked out your photo-bucket page and saw all of your updated pics. The pic of the entire car is really sweet. The black finish on the frame and the silver weld hi-lights at the joints is a nice touch too. I'm jealous. cheers, tim

Joe, gonna let you in on a little insight on the depravity of my mind.......and why I take so many pics. I was staring at the mock-up pic and I realized I have to get the steering control arm through the firewall. If you stare at it you'll realize, like I did, oh......that's a problem if I want it too look cool. So I spent probably an hour today figuring out how to address that one component when I get there. But I assure you, it will be a pretty cool solution that I've come up with.......sorry, I digress as this build came with no instructions and sometimes these things just kinda crop up right? Chris, thanks for the clue on where to find John..............he's a madman I hear ya' Pete. I've decided to move up in the future to 1/12 scale as it's a nice compliment to my skill set I believe. Notice I don't want to jump up to 1/8th. I've seen Dave's cars in person and can't comprehend what it takes to build like that. I'll just sneak up on it I figure. Tyrone, thanks dude for following this one still. I AM making progress I promsise. My "punch-list" on the build is most certainly getting smaller and I can see daylight. It WILL be done sometime 2017 so I can get start the Pro Mod replacement. Cheers everyone and GO Steelers!!!!!!!!!!

Somehow I missed the bottom of the prior page where you posted a pic of a "bead lock bear paw"...........so I went looking and lo' and behold............I gotta agree completely with Dave, that will look killer. When I met Dave to discuss wheels the Bear Paw was the one I decided to go with for the Bantam and Dave shared a bunch of help, insight & dimensions for it. Priceless. We even talked about how a set would look on his 37' Chevy. Just too trick if it could happen some how. Can't wait to see how your design turns out in 3D. I'm sure it will be awesome. Cheers!

Got a real chuckle Brad from the "no magnet for brass"..........and it's what I asked Santa for no less........... Thanks Bob, I hadn't thought of that, guess I gotta tear it off and start over........tee-hee Dave, thanks man.........you can expect a question or 2 about the brakes discs........everything else I think I have figured out.......... Appreciated John!! Where can I find your next WIP btw....? I never know what you'll build next. As always Chris, thanks for checking in on the progress. I appreciate your eye for the details and what I'm working towards. I REALLY have to move up to 1/12th once I get the Pro Mod replacement done for the Henry. That will be my last 1/25th car for me. I'm going to do one with Dave but I don't want to say more about that just yet. Got a solid plan for the coming week and expect some really decent progress. Cheers to all, tim

I like it Brad and your initiative but I have to ask, why o' why would you go even smaller at 1/32? I can't fathom it as I'm ready to jump up to 1/12th at some point in the future. Your eyes must hurt. cheers, tim

Always love your updates Eric. I had never heard of woodlites until you posted about them. Did a quick search & was suitably impressed. Such a great design touch for your car. Phenomenal what you have going on here & I'm looking forward to more. cheers, tim

Thank you Randy & Chris. Chris, the finger isn't where I would expect by now. Still a bunch of swelling and occasional discomfort but I did make some reasonable progress on the steering. For those of you that have not seen Randy's GT40 lately, go the WIP on the forum and check it out. This guy is crazy and therefore his work can be described as certifiably insane. I'm sure you're glad that Ford didn't put a V12 in that car instead of the V8...... This 1st pic was a recent pic of the car mocked up wherein I dropped the front a further 1.4mm. Doesn't sound like a lot but it got me right at the 3.0mm height at the front that I wanted. It's very close to The Tramp now and it's profile. I chromed the box and will get onto the steering wheel next. I'll be using a Futurattraction wheel with burl maple wood grips. In the various pics you can see some of the additional brackets, braces and tabs that have been added too. Can't wait to get onto the rear hubs and brakes at this point. In this pic you can see a scribe that I used to point out the bolts that hold the removable brace for the steering box. .5mm bolts hold it in place. The amount of time spent making & affixing the 2 silly brackets that support the box is not to be believed. I won't tell as it's embarrassing but yesterday alone took me an entire morning making just ONE. The 1st was the wrong size, the 2nd I dropped on the floor and lost, the 3rd was not tall enough and the last one was good to go AND I didn't lose it. Sheesh right? I don't know how Randy does it.

Good golly Miss Molly......

Thanks Brad, Dave (I don't know how to bleed brake lines btw, so that won't be a worry ) and Paul. Paul, I use Tix silver solder and flux to answer your question. Has a low melting temp., flows well and gives a pretty strong joint. Clean up is reasonable too. cheers

Love the pic of the carbs Dave. I did ponder and couldn't come up with an answer, how DID you hog out the inside of the scoop? cheers

Thanks Paul for the insight. I ordered a 1/25th scale pro stock chassis weeks ago from Shapeways in metal. It's not shown up yet though. What if they printed the engine in metal? Do you think it's progressed that far yet? At some point my mill and lathe will be nothing but door stops or boat anchors it seems with how rapidly the technology is evolving. Nice job on it and can't wait to get your impressions on the actual pieces. cheers, tim

Nice work Tyrone. I am curious as to what you have on deck after this build. cheers, tim

Thank you for your posts. I'm into the phase of the build where I'm adding the necessary brackets & bars for various parts of the car like steering, brakes etc. Seems at times that nothing is getting done but I have a bunch of things made that I've not mocked up for pics. As an example, today I made the 2 brackets for the master cylinder and hand brake. To fab, mock-up and solder everything up was an entire morning. Nothing is permanently affixed yet other than the brackets themselves to the chassis. Just chipping away at it is the best I can say. cheers everyone and GO STEELERS!! tim

So now you could download the necessary files and send em' to a shop that does CNC stuff and it will machine it in aluminum? If so, where can I order one? Seriously though, it won't be long where that will be the case. Wow is all I can say Paul. Cheers, tim

Like everyone else Chris, we're hoping to see the juices flowing again soon. I admitted to Dave that I hit a similar wall this past week and it just wasn't a productive one. Just pick 1 thing you want to get done on her and go from there is all I can offer. Anything you need, just send me a PM. cheers sir!

You've given me some good ideas Dave on how to go about some of the brackets I've been fabbing etc. and have to say how much I admire the "tidiness" of what you've done. You make me laugh too, carbon decals suck. But you can't deny how nice they look. Always fun to peek in on your thread Dave! cheers, tim

Thanks Brad. The tubing is made by Hobby Design. BNA Models of Australia has a full range of sizes from .4mm to 2.8mm I believe. Hope that helps. cheers

I just tried to post this and it wouldn't download. I'll try this again. Instrument panel which will have an oil pressure gauge and kill switch. I'll chrome the brass body of the box. Anodize some and leave the stainless steel as is. Pic of the kit supplied piece. Clearly not close to scale.

So, you couldn't have had them made BEFORE I stopped by? Guess I'm going to have to stop by again soon. Knowing the time you had available to do all of this since my visit, I'm in as much awe over the quality and detail of what you made as the speed that you did them. It would take me an entire week to even attempt the "Mayan Stepped Pyramid" you did for the scoop base. (feel free to use that) Next visit you can explain the steps (pun intended) that you took to make it. The last 2 pics of the motor are just simply stunning but the pic showing the up close detail of the carbs & base...................well, I'll just leave it at that. Thanks Dave for the time, insight, knowledge & most importantly, the friendship. Can't wait to see what you tackle next on the dragster. btw, you should share a pic of your 37' Chevy with the wing on it and light buckets mocked up. In the words of Jason on Street Outlaws, it's just "hateful".

Those are perfect Paul and the detail you've captured is just fantastic. I'll be curious to see what you think of them once they print em' out for you. Cheers, Tim

I KNEW UPS had lost my Christmas present and lo and behold, it shows up today. Thanks Randy!!!

This is a stunning build you've shared Steve. You could get lost in the paint for days. Just beautiful. cheers, tim